THE EXAMINER,

CRT oe a seteneiniemminmndaiatt ferme : ,

PROTEST AI ORO RIOR EN RT ANNE RE EEN NRA RST ORE TE EE AEP TEETER: giuch more than mere nominal reat(—the inain ol ject of the “Sth, There are alse several oom apace d Lila : : , diow. ronment being to retain possession of the soil, and uot to) entrance of bays on harbours oi I nS Hedwane om ‘ x allow their claim thereto to lapse through any laches on their grants of which coutain a like reservation: In cases Wie - part, but thet at all times when such reserves, or any por-| these Islands assist to form the bays or Harbours, and a tions of them, might be required for dona fide fishing pur- ‘are inside and parts without said bays or harbours, does we above mentioned reserves extend round the whole of said cupation, under proper restrictious or regulations, for sueh | Islands, or does it ouly extend to those portions : enid | ourposes. With respect to ary portions of such reserves, Islands which form the outside of such bays or Has a ia the possession of small frecholders, which had unfairly} “ Gth. Several small islands are altogether within the | been include! in the deseription, and withia the boundaries | bays or harbours of Prince Edward Island, the grat of their freeholds, in their deeds thereof, amd for which, con- | whic contain a like reservation : Does the suid Reserve cx- tequently, they had paid, as well as for the’ adjoining lands / tend round the whole of these Islands ¢” included in their deeds, it was never intended that such free- | “'Sempnx, Dee, 22d, 1842. folders who, with respect to such reserves, had been us| “Sir; unfairly dealt with by ‘he proprietors, as the tevants i] 4 Wy have the honor to acknowledge the reccipt of your stan lac cireuastanees, it bever had been the intention either letter of the 3rd September last, wherein you state that of the lite Governwent or of their supporters In the Legista- | doubts have arisen in Prince Edward Island as to the right tear. on eS — as ™ tbe aneanen of of the pwblie to the use and cecupation of certain lands in sy Gonernent yd wt Sens with he HOON hat faa, dummtaied“omery Rovere” the, Com el BE le eae eel i ce a eens ee oe Colonial Land and Emigration have, ys © — ace purgent manner; and, lor such & MOC? | direction of LageeMtauley, prepared a statement on the sub- of dealing with them, a precedent may be found in the legis- wet, to be submitted to the decision of Ler Majesty’s tegal jative proceedings witi respect to such properties and such advidien pipe os a ae Scotia. ‘ In = ae the arvetal De-| “ A copy of that statement you were pleased to enclose, | See ee ee to time, been ee OM 1 OO | od ven requested we would take the subject into our con-| different Governors of the Colony, from Downing-street by .

‘ de te Ges ie as 3 ee ye si, Siderationgand report to Lord Stanicy our opinion on the} successive Colonial Secretaries, occasional discrepancies will be found, but there is a general agreement in all, with the |

questions proposed ia the accompanying paper. exception of that now under consideration, with respect to}

“ In obedience to Lord Stanley's connmands, we have read | den tea eh ne ‘tee * hn Nathan’ tet 0 the statement referred to, and have fully considered the

"me Tact it agere as bvecn oO rei ulsumeno iy it@ . }

—* cage : ae 7 - Jy ene) uatters therein stated, and beg leave humbly to report, «‘rown of the property ¥ served for the purposes of free Sor bile Leedichin’s tubeesstiin :

6 . ~ 2.6 . ° }10r bits as ys iauION ¢ tisberies for all Bvitish subjects, either as respects those re- | a. : +e ee ica dee Eo —- , oe a Pepe Seene F | * dst. Phat we canast form any clear opinions on the serves In which the Crown Law Officers have given it as| vints submitted to us without seeing the particular grant in

of « i ‘ ; ‘ % . } tunis Sup a ¢ § ‘ seeing to x Cure ar their opinion that the fie suuple is in the grantees or pro- | _ : . : one fall d eas f

ietors. or wit! ect to ti be eihleh thaw hone dl | which a question may arise, and without a fall description o prietors, With respect 4 1OSe ne oy have de- | \: eee . : : : a ee ee a \ . "the locality and boundaries of the premises comprised in that vlarcd the fee simple to be in the Crown; and also that, | eves s:leuk 00 for 00 wé can cnllect Seems the nine belts neither by any lachcs or negligence on the part of the/&". *, 2. ee .

: me Ss . ae . jus, in the rst case put, (in which there is stated to be a re- Crown in the protection of those reserves for the purposes|—-’ |. : fF = fece Wherte to Elor Mialeste’e sal to which they were originally dedicated. or by any cessation ;Servation wm Ure grant Ol a free inberty to tier Majesty's sub- f ney cre origibally aeaicated, Or by aby Cessation,). |. Rs ae h; he fee simovle of the land is i

e tt t of the tracks. in vine tt ge jeets,) it appears to us that the fee simple of the land ts tm ‘ tae pa {ne pcopie, iD assertin @ pudile right . “s

her pe ies —s seers me pubic TS") the grants. ‘The land itself is not reserved or exacted. In thereto, or failure to rewonstrate, on every proper occasion, | the second case, the effect to be given to the supposed reser- ugainst any attempted alienation of them from the public’ ex nigh pS am sais the eckaaah ond te har parts a sery.ce to which they were originally dedicated, has the | tees. . “¢ aa cali ath t :

im t} hat : . ithe deed ; the words are sufficient to except the soil itself; elaim thereto become obsolete. it has been said, however, Se a “y . . . ’ ‘ : . ' bat these words may be controverted, if there is an intention with respect to such Despatches, that they contain mere in-| rng ce , livid a v ; ;apparent from the whole of the deed that an easement to dividual opinions, suggestions or advice, but that, as not pro- | > on Bi \ euthien te eee, ae : jenter for the purpose of the Fishery should be rendered eceding from any legi! authority, they are iv no way obliga-| | se Ghali tory or binding on any of the parties concerned. This may | °°? ‘"S , aa ' ; ’ } } 2 be true. but it is al gt OP ge ot 2ud and 3rd. The word ‘coasts’ has no clearly define be true, but it is also true, think, that when we consider ltegal meaning: and its mezving in avy particular grant may that these opinions, suggestions or counsels, proceeded from | he end u ne hen other te of th sd ea the east tion individuals who were, at the time of their penning or dictat- pte alain tomat - iin Sacer We r ald cael nn iug «such Despatches, the servants and advisers of ee that eel it waht ie ‘nesta apo! a a Crown, and bound by every obligation of konor and loyalty! a ea go > tee co sbbs call Meenceedl aes oe jai to protect, from all iMovation or in{raction, the interests of | s : Sel cae a nbei i6 of a ond tiaithenten: nad € en ore, € $ é } the Kings or the Queen whom they served, that, therefore, | tai in which there oe aot and elit thin sea these opinions, suggestions or counsels, must have proceeded | “4 . ie 50 the aranth tn of nanan sae Salient from the most deliberate and profouad consideration of theic | the seineaialian a id ciieecin satan Sinitltile wd i “ pr . . ° @ res ( YOUuld appet apply 2Xte import, and of the consequences and effect which would pro- | a : cece - ne ie tt PP'y : . ; e ; € . . ° - | the coast roun @ iSii S th: , Y 2G, ATi 2 eved from or be caused by them, and that, being founded in | ; ars ; : ’ t! agg - oe OS ey ae ee . ° > a grant o " uis reservatic dC ; law, they must have the full weight and force of law to go-| Se ee Ww na ss vern aud direct concerning the rights and property to which | en ae

ac ae a eo * l’neperickK Po.nock, * they have reference, aud on which they bear. The case is now, oW wee + 4s however, very different with respect to these reserves from : what it was when those Despatches, asserting the rights of | the Crown to dispose of the reserves the fee simple of which | is in the Crown, were written, aud to which generally [ have! referred. Ever since Responsible Government was gra- “T have received your Despatch of the 17th February, viously coneeded by Her Majesty the Queen to this Colony, | enclosing, for the consideration of the Laws Officers of the | these reserves have been fully as much at the disposal of the | Crown, in reference to the question which his been raised in Government of this Colony, as before that event they bad | Priace Edward Island relative to the ‘ Fishery Reserves,’ then at that of t:e Crown. In the Civil List Act ‘copies of the two deseriptions of grants whieh were issued to passed at that time, and which has been faithfully and fully | the original proprietors of the land in the Golony. carried out hithorto, a surrender is made to the Assembly by| “ The case having been again submitted to the Attorney

Her Majesty of all the Crown revenues iv this Island, a | and Solicitor General, with a request that they would state very important part ef which as territorial revenue is the| whether they perceived in the terms of those grants any Fishery Reserves of which the fee sitaple is in the Crown : | ground for modifying the opinion delivered by them in De- aud it is the bounden duty of the Government and of the/cember last. [ enclose herewith for your information and Legislature of this Colony to.take care that the public right | guidance a copy of the supplementary paper which has been 12 these reserves shall be fully preserved, and that they shall received from those officers on the subject. never be used or occupied unless for the public benefit. The “Thave, &c.,

legal opinions of the Crown Law Officers, Sir Frederick F (Signed) Pollock and Mr. Follett, concerning the Fishery Reserves to | Sir Huxny Venn Husriey, &e. &. &e.” which I have alluded, and the correspondence connected | “ Tempter, Ist April, 1843. therewith, show that the greatest possible care was taken that | “Sip;

hei ine op ° "6 2 : tucir opinions should be booed on the real faets of the | ‘ We beg to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the question, and that no mistake should be made through any | 29th alt., wherein you were plewsed to observe, that with re-

.* \ ’ gt P , MT - " Ts 7 rn , , auisappri hension of oats on theit part, With your Honors | ference to that part of our report of the 224 December last, permission [ will read the whole. His Honor then read the !in which we stated that we could not form any clear opinion following correspondence on the subject of the Fishery (on the points submitted to us in Mr. Stepheus's letter of the Reserves : ; | 3rd September, respecting the Fishery Reserves in Prince ‘ ’ ervag Srppem YO; - RAS i 3 Ss ‘ ‘ “ ‘ Dowstne Srreer, 29:h Dec., 1842. | Edward Island, without secing the particular grant on “i tp: i . ‘ e ° ? ‘ ° ‘ °

SIR ; | which a question might arise, and without a full description

« With reference to that part of my Despatch of the 14th | of the locality and boundaries of the premises comprised in of July Jast, in which I informed you that it would not be that grant, you bad been directed by Lord Stanley to trans- in my power to submit to the Queen any advice as to the mit to us the copy of a Despsich from the Lieutenant Go- answer Whick it might be proper for Her Majesty to return | Vernor of the Colony, enclosing authentic transcripts of the

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to the Address of the Assembly of Prince Edward Island, | two descriptions of grants which were issued te the original on the subject of the Fishery Reserves, uatil I should be in | proprietors of land there; and that you had also been direeted possession of the Report of Her Majesty’s Attorney ee add, for the convenience of reference, a copy of oar re- Solicitor General on the question of Jegal right involved in| port of the 22ud December, together with a vopy of the that Address, I have now the honor to transmit, for your | case originally submitted to us on the subject ; and you were information, a copy of the case submitted to them, and of the| pleased to request, that we would take these papers into opinion which they have delivered, in the imperfect informa-| consideration, and report to Lord Stanley whether we per-

oses, they might at once be able to grant liceuces of oe-

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(Signed)

“J, Srerennsoy, &e. &e. &e.” “Downie Srreer, Sth April, 1843.

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|ment to pay cash for the Worrell Nstate. It was bought

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in the jlouse of Comnions, that of debt, but that there Was a suiall surp 2 my correspoudent asked, 1 such were the case, happen that the Goy could not pay me ? Debates in the House of Commons, I foun ! had made the statement atiributed to bim.

jus id its favor ; how did it ernment owed me £90Q0, which they

On reference to the reports of the d that his Lordship On what

munications between the local Government and the Coloni

fice? And was the statement in accordance with facts

Sir, it is no matter of surprise to me that the Government | of Great Britain, discovering the deception by which it had | been attempted to wislead them, should decline to proce

with the measure in question. standing of the Committee so poor a compliment, as to ask | hon. members what would be the result to the country of, the management, by the late Government, of £100,000 under the Loan Bill? Their past conduct in connection with the | Land Purchase Bill suggests the ready answer.

Hlov. Mr. @OLES—Mr. Chairman, [ deny the statement | of the hon. tember. ‘The Government owes bim nothing. | He received fur biselaim on the Worrel Estate Government | Debentures, payable in ten years. The truth is, that the Colony was out of debt at the time the Despatch was sent howe, Since then the Revenue has suffered to a trifling) exteut, as might naturally be expected, from the depression in commercial affairs, There is a wide difference between a debt overdue, which the debtor cannot pay, and a sum of money not yet payable.

Hon. COL. GRAY —The hon. member has the faculty of construeting, on the smallest modicum of truth, a lofty superstructure of assertion. The late Government did owe me £9000, which they were unable to pay me-—the amount I had advanced to the former owners of the Worrell Hstate. When that property was offered to the Government, the vendors said that the transfer cou!d not be effected, because the Government were unable to psy my claim. In con- sequence of that I took Debentures for the amount.

Hon. Mr. COLES—The statement of the hon. member is not correct. It never was the intention of the Govern-

under the provisions of the Land Purchase Bill, and the urchise money was payable in ten years.

Hou. Mr. HAVILAND—It is strange, Mr. Chairman, that if the Colony was out of debt when the Worrell! Estate was purchased, the late Government should assume a debt to the Hon. Col. Gray to the amount of £9000, and tax the people for the annual iuterest on that amount. I rather think their ideas of finanee are somewhat akin to those of the Rustico Frenchman, who, when he gave a promissory aote for a sum of money which he owed, thanked God that that debt was paid. (Laughter.)

Han. Mr. PALMER— o I understand the hon. member, Mr. Coles, to say, that the late Government was prepared to pay off the LY000 ?

Hon. Mr. COLES —No.

Hon. Mr. PALMER—That Col. Gray wanted the money ?

Hon. Mr. COLES—No.

Hon. Mr. PAMER—That he did not want it?

Hon. Mr. COLES—Yes.

Hon. Mr. PALMER~—Then, Mr. Chairman, that is more than I ever heard from Col. Gray himself. I understood that he wanted his money, and could not get it. Uf the mortgage is due, and he cannot get his money, every word he has said is correct, and undeniable.

lion. Mr. COLES—The late Government told the vendors that they had, and would have, nothing to do with the mortgage. ‘This diseussion has arisen from the bon. member, Col. Gray, stating that the Government owed him £9000, which they were unable to pay him; while the fact is, that amount is not payable for six or seven years to come.

lion. Mr. YEO—If the Proprietors have opposed the Loan they must have been actuated by a regard for the interests of the people of the Colony far higher than they manifested for themselyes, for the Loan once obtained, they could readily get rid of their Jands ; and I assure you, Mr. Chairman, many vf them weuld only be too happy to do so.

Ifon. Mr. LONGWORTII-—I have not hitherto occupied the time of the Committee in this discussion, Mr. Chairman, nor is it my intention to engage much of their attention on the present occasion. But, Sir, the honourable member for the Third District of Queen's County, Mr. Coles, had a great deal to say last evening on the subject of the Loan Bill, while alleging his reasons for the advocacy of a Court of Escheat. With reference to that portion of the debate, wherein that hon. member sought to attribute the withdrawal of the Guarantee Bill not to the actual cause the official misrepresen- tations of our Financial state,—but to animaginary opposition of the Proprietors, | may be permitted to shew brie y, but, I trust, satisfactorily, to the Committee, that the Despatch to whicl. such frequent allusion has been made, did not contain a true statement of our affairs; and it is right that I should do so in answer to the observations of that hon. member, not only because he was a member of the late Government, but | especially because he was the avowed leader of it; and it is) quite a legitimate inference that he bore a princiyal part in the preparation of the Despatch referred to. He stated that the financial conditicn of the Colony had nothing to do with the loss of the Bill, which he alleged was sacrificed to a com- bination of Proprietors and other opponents—that the Bill was based on sound policy, and its passage was fully justified by the state of our finances. J say. Sir, without hesitation, that facts do not warrant the hon. wember in making such a declaration. True, he mentioned in terms of apparent self- gratulation, that the Government were still in possession of | 40,000 acres of land, remaining unsold from the Worrell | Estate,—and assumed that the disposal of them would realize |

a large sum of money—that £16,000 were due from the |

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tion supplied to them. ceive in the additional information now supplied avy ground

‘“‘ Phave to instruct you fo furnish me with an authentic for modifying the opinion which we submitted to his Lord-|

copy cf the usual Deed of Grant, in order that the question | ship in December last. in debate may be presented more fully for the consideration} _“ In humble obedience to Lord Stanley's commands, Sig of the Law Officers of the Crown. hified as above, we have read the additional papers referred “I have, &e., ito us, and, upon fuil cousideration, beg leave to report for - (signed) “Srantey, | bis Lordship’s information, that as it appears that in Lord “ Lieut. Governor Sir H. V. Huyriey.” | William Campbell’s grant, 500 feet from high water mark on

Pane of lands on that Estate—that consequently the | and Purchase Pill had been a boon to the country. That} assertion, Mr. Chairman, I deuy. I maintain, that so far from the operation of that Bill being beneficial, it has been, and will continue to be, disastrous to the country. What has ‘been the result up to the present time? Has the Bill been | | self-sustaining, as its advocates so confidently predicted? I | Was not a member of this House when the Land Purchase Bill was passed, but well do L recollect hearing the arguments

/urged in support of it at the time. We heard the blessings

the Island wes not only out nies, Mr. Labouchere, and Itis Excellency the Lieut. Gover. * and nor—from July to September, 1856. Referring to Mr. Labou. chere’s Despatch of the isch July, 1856, it appears that minister had required full and precise information to be

: ; ‘ 1 4 official com- ,l now state: ‘* I have to state in reply, that Her Majest '. foundation could it bave been based, except on cone are prepared to give a favourable consideration

I shall not pay to the under-| jesty’s Government should be informed of the amount of the

furnished te hia as to the financial position and resources of the Colony, before proceeding further with the consideration of the proposed loan. ‘These, Sir, are the terms in which the request was made, and on which I re‘y as the proof of what

this suggestion, and that the local Land Purchase Act, to which reference is made, appears to them to furnish fair prin. ciples of adjustment, which might Le extended by increasi the suw to be raised under Twperial guarantee. It wouid be necessary, however, bofure proceeding further, that Mer Ma

proposed loan, and they should, at the same time, reecive a full statement of the financial resources of the Island, and of the precise nature of the provision to be made for securi the repayment of the principal and interest of the loan. Her Majesty s Government would not feel justified in pledging canaee toany decision on this subject till such informa. tion is before them.”’ The hon. member stated that lis Ex. cellency had discharged his duty by submitting the question to his Council, and had obtained a detailed statement, prepared hy a Committee of that body, purporting to contain a state- ment of the resources and financial conditicn of the Colony, and had transmitted the same to Mr. Labouchere. For haviug done so no blame can be imputed to His Excellency in the matter, it being fairly presumable that he would repose a sufli- cient amount of confidence in his Council to warrant him ie believing that those gentlemen had prepaved, or compiled, true statement from the publie records of the Colony. On re~ ference, however, to this document, prepared by the late Council, it appears, that although the Couneil submitted tabular statements, it did not appear from any of them, from the document itself, what was the real position of Colony at the period therein referred to, viz: 31st January, 1856. It does not shew, as it ought te have done, by reference to the public accounts, asexamined and certified by the House of Assembly, how our debt and credit account stood on the public records of the Colony. All it = was, first, a naked abstract, shewing the amount of the Revenue from the year 1848 to 1856; secondly, a tabular statement, shewing the Re- venue and expenditure for the same period of time, but with- out shewing the balance against the Colony as it really existed at the close of each year ; and thirdly, a financial sta marked C, purporting to shew the liabilities and assets of the Colony on the $list January, 1856. By this last mentioned statement, the Council takes credit for all the unsold

of the miserable Worrell Estate, without shewing, as it ought to have done, that the expense of working that Estate was more than the proceeds aceon See it, and by this statement there actually appears to be a balance in favour of the Colony, | on 3ist January, 1856, of £6,521 6s. 3d. sterling, equal to £9,781 19s. 44d. currency. The following is the statement from the document in question :~—

Fea

Financia, Sratement or tae CoLonr or Prince Epwarp

Istanp up To 3lst January, 1856.

{Debt in ster-j Assets in ster-| Balance in fa- ling. ling. vor of Colony,

—— —— on

£ 3. 1°? ee

LIABILITIES. ‘w eo Treasury notes afloat at this date, 7,666 13 4 Debentures under act 14 Vic., do. '6,666 13 4 Debentures under ; | >»

—

act 16 Vie., do. |12000 0 Treasury warrants’ do. 7,108 18 2 ASSETS. Assets in Treasury |

this date, 24.707 12.7 44,532 acres public

lands, at 4s., 8,916 8 0 7, 392 acres Crown:

lands, at 3s. 4d.,) 2.23 68 UG Bonds in hand fer!

public lands, 1000 6 @

Balance dae on sales of public lands, secured on lands by de-. feasement on) deeds according! to statute,

Balarce in favor of! the Colony,

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$107 10 6 ' . | 6,521 6 3 6,521 6 8 {39908 11 139,963 11 16,521 6 8

And the reference to, or explanation of, that tabular state ment in the document in question is certainly not calculated to give Her Majesty’s Government a correct view of the subs ject. It is as follows: «* Tabular statement (C) is a statement of the finances of the Colony on the 31st January, 1856, which has been carefully prepared, and contains, in the opinion of your Committee, a just and correct view of its present finam-f cial condition, which proves, after taking credit to the Co

for the value of Government lands, estimated at low rate, charging it with all debentures afloat, and with £27,665 13s. 4d., Treasury notes ailoat, not beasing interest, that, etrietly speaking, at that date the Colony not only was out of debt, but that a balance existed in its favor, amounting to £6,521) 6s. 3d. sterling.’’ This, I say, Mr. Chairman, isa most 4 tive document, and calculated to deceive any man not inti ; ly acquainted with the state of our public accounts, and, as) the result proved, did actually deceive and mislead Mr. Le bouchere himself. Any person taking up this d would naturally say that our finances were in a sound flourishing condition, when there actually ap to bes balance in favor of the Colony of £9,781 T9s. 44d. currency, but, Mr. Chairman, what was the fact, and what was tht true state of our finances, as shewn by the public accounts fa the same period? Why, instead of there being a balance favor of the Colony of £9,781 19s. 44d., there wag balance against, or in other words, a debt due by the Ce of £13,101 18s. 1}d., as shewn by the public accounts auth ticated by the Legislature in the session of 1856. The fol] ing is an abstract of the public aceounts as published in journals of the House of Assembly for that year, after k passed through the ordeal of the Committee on public accounts and therefore bearing the stamp of authenticity on its front”

GoveRnment or Parnce Epwarp Isuanp. Dr. Cr. e

Totals,

Questions upon the subject of the Fishery Reserves of the coast ure saved and reserved ‘ for the disposal of His Ma-| enumerated which were to flow from it. hat the poor Prince Edward Island. as “8 :

“Ist. The Fishery Reserves are described in some of the | “2 that the soil is reserved ; but in the other grant the, the ihantry were at length to be set at rest, and those great

reservation is of ‘aliberty to all Her Majesty’s subjects ieee a Seema can were to be effected b

in the following terms:—‘ Saving and reserving a free | re one free Bshery a ~” vanes f,OOD feck from |at large—for would not the ill be estfeetomng? aie ne liberty to all His Majesty's sabjecis of carrying on a free | ugh = werk, whie “¢ our ye Ke does bot reserve the | tie prophets! ‘he public accounts, the official records of the fishery or fisheries on any part or parts of the coasts of the 0+, ‘Ve See no ground for any other modification of our, country shew, that so far from earning that character for said Township, and of erecting stages and other necessary | °Pitiou- i itself, and justifying the favorable anticipations of its friends, buildings for the said fishery or fishcries within the distance | “ We are, ke., the Bill, as hitherto administered, has not paid its working of 500 feet from high water mark.’ (Signed) “ KEDERICK PoLiocx, es a a pevesttien of the receipts has been “ In other original grants the reserves are described as | , . s “W. Founsrs, defra in sae caer ar a staff of officials, and in a ae ee cpocal of Hig| 1G: W+ Hore, Esq, &e. &e. &e:" ys ges, tat nought has been reserved to follow ‘Saving and reserving for the disposal of His| ‘form the nucleus of a sinking fun necessary to meet the Alajesty, his heirs and successors, 5@0 feet. from the high- (Hon. Col. Swabey’s Speech will be concluded in our next No.]| Debentures as they shall become due. And’ thus the late water mark, on tho coasts of the tracts of land thereby tabi | Government, having already disposed of the most valuable granted, to erect stages or other necessary buildings for | | Portion of the Estate, we find no provision made for the carrying on the Fishery." | HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY. payment « the Loau already raised under the Purchase Bill, “In these two cases, in whom is the fee eimple of the| oer providing fon shan nortly become due; and the expectation of eee a ~~ 0 | providing _ that contingency out of the present unsold and “2d. What is meant by the term Coast? | HOUSE IN COMMITTEE ON THE DRAFT ADDRESS. eitehveaiee we ae Cent : = ore 9 nerd rs “31. Does the term ‘Coast’ limit the reservation to | (Debate continued.) Saeoutiteca ee

“a , .i : any reasonable man if, with th f be fownships that abat within head-lands, bays, harbours or) Hon. COL. GRAY—In consequence of what we baye A proof belore us of the manage-

: Mat iy ‘ ment of the com aratively trifling business the late G 5 rivers; and if it does extend to Townships abutting within just heard from the leader of the Jate Government, I rise for |@&"t Were called upon to discharge, in connection with the

such head-lands, bays, harbours or rivers, how far within the the purpose of justifying to this Committee, and to the! Worrell Estate and Lot 11 a: what would probabl

same does it extend ? country, the statement which I made some time since, and | oe if they had £100,000 to dispose of under the

original grants, issued under the Order in Council of 1767,

jesty, to erect stages and other necessary buildings,’ we | Settler was to get his farm at a small price : that the minds of }

Warrants unpaid |Assets in Treasury 31ss Ja

sist January, i uary, 1856, viz: 1856, £10663 6 114 Bonds, ¢ £27035 16 i Treasury notes, 11500 @ @ Cash, 10025 12 © Debentures issued Balance, 13101 18 | under Act 14 Vie., 10000 0 0 Debentures issued ;

for purchase of Worrell Estate, under Act 16

Vic., 13000 0 0 £50163 6 lla

ee

Receipts for year

Balance against

= Colony 31st ended 3lst Jan-

of January, uary, 1856, £42081 2

1855, £9893 5 &4 Die above, 13101 18 Exp2nditure to

31st January,

1856, 45289 14 7

£55183 0 34

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What I complain of in this case is, that the Council k

“4th. Several small Islands are situate at a short dis- which the hon. member has seen fi i j ‘ . ‘ } , ‘ ” : t to 1 ty a is . tance from the coasts of Prinee Edward Island, the grants of I stated, Sir, that the Bill guarantecing Rilinen: bok tae vision for ie = oe certainly have afforded a grand peo- he stg me ae His Majesty's subjects « abandoned by the Imperial Parliament, in | moat assuredly it would hare corn Of the Government, but r ry or fisheries on any part or parts of the falsehoods i i i : i as te Sta) ¢

the coasts of said Island, and of erecting dee me: aan tas! Despat a — the buhiecs at ae ee * ce ge tak i a eu vital ey of Prince Edward ~— ideas & t : 2 at ae ta. 4 ition of the or cb to the causes which infl ed the Im- ee ei og emi ery or Sin win Colny—and wot fom the open of he Propo fse,Covrmnen wisi hash ete ees oe t oe He oo mark: Does the | will now state, that I received a letter from London, informing a ene laying it upon the shelf, the hon. member al. i uel the wile of tes Islands? me tht the then Clonal Miniter, Lard Staley, had seal Se cnuetble lng, to the corsapondncs whet al r Secretary o or the Colo-

consequeace of | Most assuredly it would have proved, upon a magnificent scale, |

that statement from the eye of the Colonial Mini

withheld from him the Sesame elie wostd oe at a glance what our financial condition, what the the Colony, actually was. He would haye seen, that i ofa balance of £9781 19s. 44d. currency in favor of the © there was a balance of £13101 18s. 44d. against it, | period in question—making a differeneve between thes and the true concitioa of our finances, of the suo of Is. 33d. The statements were caleulated to deceive, mislead, the British Government; had they not,

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